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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1935
Page
5
A flurry of visits fills Sherman and nearby towns with many relatives and friends listed. Notables include Miss Anita Vestal, Miss Myrtle Badgett, Mrs. Jess Hunter, and Joe Dan McMillin visiting and hosting. Birth announcements include Elaine Manning and Beverly Ann Bassett. Endearing travel and guest summaries connect families across Denton, Sherman, Paris, Leonard, and Gainesville with local events and a Pure Food Show in Bonham.
Millions find Calotabs valuable for colds. One or two tabs the first night and a repeat on the third or fifth night. Cleanses the intestinal tract of germ laden mucus and toxins and acts as a diuretic to remove cold poisons. Economical at twenty five cents for family package and ten cents for trial package.
Fort Worth hosts Mr and Mrs Julian Frazier while C G May and Rev C C Merritt visit. Families relocate with Robert England moving to Mississippi and his father planning Tennessee. George German relocates to Bonham for government relief work. Frank Alverson and Rev W W Alverson visit ill Uncle Dave Alverson. Mrs Edgar Montgomery visits Sherman relatives. J A Bixler relocates from Blooming Grove to Whitewright as new Cotton Belt Railroad agent.
Misses Tennie and Georgia Collins and Mrs. Roy McDaniel with daughters Betty Jean and Maxine visited Mrs. D. B. Smith Sunday. Mrs. L. O. Lackey hosted a luncheon for her son James Lackey with Blanche Montgomery Frances Bryant Denton R. V. Henry Jack Barbee Dick Barbee and Paul Vestal as guests. Dick Barbee traveled to Sulphur Springs for work with Proctor Drug Co. He was accompanied by his father W. J. Barbee who returned home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Hannah of Caddo Oklahoma visited Ray Cates last week. Mrs. Hannah returned to Caddo while Mr. Hannah stayed for temporary employment with Kimball Milling Co.
Automobile tire thieves visiting Whitewright last week left a usable car jack behind. Owners may recover it by identifying it at the office of J. L. Cantrell or by contacting Constable K. B. Simmons.
Mr and Mrs Emmet England relocate to Grover B Smith cottage vacated by T M Johnson who moved to W L Mangrum cottage. Mr and Mrs D A Yowell, formerly at Mangrum, move to Sherman though Mr Yowell keeps his job with Community Public Service Company.
Funeral services for Mrs Lottie Witherspoon Ford of Whitewright were held at the Church of Christ with pastors J R Waldrum and C C Merrit presiding. She died at 2 40 pm Tuesday in a Sherman hospital at age 50. Interment was in Ferris old cemetery. Survived by husband R D Ford four sons and four daughters, a brother and four sisters.
Dr. B Wrenn Webb, pastor. 10 am Sunday school for all ages with home department for shut ins. 11 am Holy communion and reception of members. 6 30 pm Christian Endeavor Society meeting. 7 30 pm discussion theme The Children of Israel Quit the House of Their Bondage. All not connected with a church invited to join.
Pastor C W Dennis urges church members to attend the final three Sundays of the year. He calls for full assessments, liberal benevolence offerings, and large attendance at Sunday school and church services, with programs for young people and a 11 am and 7 30 pm sermon.
The Busy Bee Sewing Club gathered at Mrs. Royce Jones's home for a regular meeting. Thirteen members and one guest attended with birthday showers for Mrs. Andy Sanderson and Mrs. Leon Bennett. The next gathering is planned with Mrs. Earl Hampton. A business meeting was scheduled.
Newton Manning served as program chairman for the Rotary Club lunch last Friday and organized a Texas Centennial program presented by Grammar School pupils. Dr. F. D. Layman directed the program in Manning’s absence.
A large barn owned by Otto Russell burned at about 3 a m on Saturday destroying hay valued around a thousand bales and feed such as oats and corn along with a saddle a sow and three pigs. Insurance stood at 500 on the barn and 250 on contents with origin undetermined. Russell had lost a residence to fire about a month earlier and previously a barn on the same site three years ago.
Second grade circus project nears completion with miniature tents wagons animals and attractions. Third and fourth grades enjoy circus stories tickets to Gainesville Circus in Sherman and a sand table Arabia display. Several students move away and visitors attend. The Rotary Club program features Texas songs and a fire prevention playlet. New library shelving and a book counter enhance the facility.
A sixth grade class learns of the death of Mrs. R. D. Ford mother of G. W. Ford, as a new magazine rack and a soap Alamo model decorated the room. The note highlights school improvements and student sorrow.
The sixth grade class sent letters to former teacher Miss Clyde Montgomery bound in a booklet designed by Margaret Coffey. The school awards a quarter holiday to the top room for cleanliness and high scores. Up to date, cleanliness is praised as each room has scored 100 percent.
In Kansas City, Mrs. Lida Curtis, 76, says her 31-year-old husband Maynard Curtis, a printer, still treats her tenderly. She explains their rules for a happy marriage including staying home, staying busy, church attendance, and affection, while noting neighbors joke about their age gap.
A Southern Lumberman joke notes Costa Rica uses colon for a dollar and imagines a half-dollar as a semi colon with two bits equal to a comma. The quip reflects playful currency wordplay.
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